Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. But many of the trends are picking up speed now and should become even more pronounced in 2013.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Blame the market, other departments or poor IT-systems for the fact that you are not taking brave, independent action. Try to join as many steering committees as possible, but avoid taking on responsibility as a sponsor or project manager. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Never take the blame.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

” In his book, Start with Why , Simon Sinek says that purpose should provide direction when deciding a company’s future: “Instead of asking, ‘WHAT should we do to compete?’ ’” Purpose might have informed the management of two failed brands – Blockbuster and Radio Shack — differently.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. Yet the simplicity and almost child-like nature of Icahn’s approach still begs examination. Then Andreessen quit the board.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

They have given their social media staff a clear mission and a great deal of autonomy; the account’s managers chat with customers, offer up front to solve problems, and empathize with frustrated travelers. After all, management exists to transform corporations into more efficient machines. This shouldn’t come as a surprise.

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